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[Macrophage activation syndrome: rare complication of murine typhus].

AbstractINTRODUCTION:
Typhi is one of the rickettsial species endemic in the Mediterranean countries and is associated with the zoonotic infection of murine typhus, which may have a complicated course especially in adult patients. The association with macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) has rarely been reported in the medical literature.
CASE REPORT:
We describe a case of murine typhus in a diabetic woman complicated with MAS, who was effectively treated with cyclin and parenteral immunoglobulin.
CONCLUSION:
The murine typhus can be exceptionally complicated with SAM. This infection should be suspected in front of the discovery of SAM.
AuthorsC Loussaief, A Toumi, H Ben Brahim, A Aouam, M Kairallah, M Chakroun
JournalPathologie-biologie (Pathol Biol (Paris)) Vol. 62 Issue 1 Pg. 55-6 (Feb 2014) ISSN: 1768-3114 [Electronic] France
Vernacular TitleSyndrome d'activation macrophagique: complication rare de typhus murin.
PMID24461392 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)
CopyrightCopyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Chemical References
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
  • Doxycycline
Topics
  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones (therapeutic use)
  • Anemia (etiology, therapy)
  • Antibodies, Bacterial (blood)
  • Blood Component Transfusion
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 (complications)
  • Doxycycline (therapeutic use)
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Exanthema (etiology)
  • Female
  • Fever (etiology)
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous (therapeutic use)
  • Macrophage Activation
  • Middle Aged
  • Retinitis (etiology)
  • Rickettsia typhi (immunology)
  • Syndrome
  • Thrombocytopenia (etiology, therapy)
  • Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne (complications, diagnosis, drug therapy, immunology, microbiology)

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